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Rap, memes, graffiti: Bangladesh’s new political tools, a year after Hasina
Al Jazeera
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Dhaka, Bangladesh — On July 16, 2024, as security forces launched a brutal crackdown on student protesters campaigning against then-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s increasingly authoritarian government, Bangladeshi rapper Massrur Jahan Alif —...
NCP for unity among communities for CHT development
New Age Bangladesh
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Staff Correspondent 22 July, 2025, 00:29 The National Citizen Party on Monday called for unity among all communities living in the Chittagong Hill Tracts for the development in the three hill districts. The party alleged that the 1972 constitution...
Is Bangladesh's Jamaat setting up BNP for a ban before polls?
Firstpost
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July 15, 2025
The once robust political alliance between the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) is now showing signs of deep fracture, prompting speculation that Jamaat may be orchestrating a political manoeuvre to isolate, discredit...
Most parties oppose party chief as PM
New Age Bangladesh
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NCC adjourns discussion midway after jet crash Staff Correspondent 22 July, 2025, 00:06 The majority of the 30 political parties on Monday agreed that a lawmaker could hold dual roles as the prime minister and as the leader of the parliament, but...
Prof Yunus assures probe into aircraft crash, urges all not to crowd hospitals
United News of Bangladesh
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Assuring an investigation into the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) aircraft that crashed into a building of Milestone School and College in Uttara area, Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Monday urged all not to unnecessarily crowd the hospitals...
Why fly a training jet over a crowded city? asks Selim Raihan after Milestone crash
The Business Standard
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July 21, 2025
Selim Raihan, executive director of South Asian Network on Economic Modelling (Sanem), has expressed deep concern over the Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crash in Uttara, questioning the logic and safety of allowing such flights over...
‘We saw the plane in flames, pilot trying to jump’: Milestone College student recounts horror
The Business Standard
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July 21, 2025
Hasbya Rahman, a Class-XII student of Milestone College in the capital's Uttara, recalled today the harrowing moments of the Bangladesh Air Force jet crash that unfolded before her eyes on the institution's compound at noon on the day. "We saw the...
10 Bangladesh army officers “fled abroad despite warrants and travel bans”
Netra News
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July 15, 2025
“Ever since my father disappeared, whenever I see that black uniform, I think of them as black-clothed hyenas. They are monsters in the guise of men. When my brother sees RAB, he gets scared,” recalls Anisha Islam Insa, whose father, Ismail...
Zomi-American Catholics reconnect with culture at national congress
St.Louis Review - Missouri
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Photos by Jerry Naunheim Jr. Zomi Catholics participated in a eucharistic procession July 5 during the Zomi-American Catholic Eucharistic Congress at St. Louis University High School. Nearly 1,000 Zomi Catholics from across the United States...
The lonely shoe tells the tale of a fallen bird
The Business Standard
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July 21, 2025
Just a while back, little children were sitting in that classroom, some listening to their teacher, some probably looking out the window, staring at a bird flying in the sky. At around 2.30pm, when our photographer, Mehedi Hasan, reached Milestone...
150,000 Rohingya Flee To Bangladesh Amid Renewed Myanmar Violence
Scoop
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Saturday, 12 July 2025, 4:41 pm Press Release: UN News As armed clashes intensify and conditions worsen inside Myanmar, thousands continue to cross the border seeking safety in the overcrowded camps of Cox’s Bazar, where nearly one million...
AP News Summary at 9:07 a.m. EDT
The Blackstone Valley Call & Times - Rhode Island
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A Bangladesh Air Force training jet crashes into a Dhaka school and kills at least 19 DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The Bangladeshi military says an Air Force training aircraft has crashed into a school campus in the capital, Dhaka, killing at least 19...
Is Bangladesh ready for a proportional representation system?
Dawn
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July 14, 2025
THE interim government’s reform drive, initiated last October through the formation of six commissions, has entered a crucial phase. These commissions — focusing on constitutional, electoral, judicial, administrative, and anti-corruption reforms —...
Bangladesh caretaker government overturns use of ‘sir’ to address female officials
The Guardian
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July 11, 2025
Bangladesh’s caretaker government has overturned a longstanding protocol requiring female officials to be addressed as “sir”, calling it an “odd” relic of the regime of the ousted leader, Sheikh Hasina. The interim administration, headed by the...
20, including pilot, killed, 171 people injured as BAF jet crashes in Uttara
New Age Bangladesh
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Staff Correspondent 21 July, 2025, 14:09 Security personnel spray water on a building of Milestone College after a Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crashes on the college campus in Dhaka’s Uttara area on Monday afternoon. | UNB photo At...
Bangladesh arrests prominent economist Abul Barkat
The Print
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July 11, 2025
Dhaka: The Detective Branch (DB) of the Bangladesh Police arrested in a mid-night search on Thursday the country’s renowned economist Abul Barkat on corruption charges, a DB official said on Friday. “We have arrested Abul Barkat as an accused in...
Bangladeshi rap, memes helped oust Hasina — now they’re reshaping politics
Al Jazeera
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July 11, 2025
Dhaka, Bangladesh — On July 16, 2024, as security forces launched a brutal crackdown on student protesters campaigning against then-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s increasingly authoritarian government, Bangladeshi rapper Muhammad Shezan released a...
Bangladesh Tribunal Indicts Hasina for Crimes Against Humanity
Asume Tech
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July 11, 2025
In a dramatic turn of events, Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been indicted by a special tribunal, facing serious charges of crimes against humanity. This indictment stems from the violent crackdown on student-led protests...
Interim govt not working for people’s aspirations: discussion
New Age Bangladesh
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Staff Correspondent 22 July, 2025, 00:58 The Socialist Students’ Front brings out a procession marking the first anniversary of July uprising in the capital on Monday. | New Age photo Leaders of the Samajtantrik Chhatra Front on Monday alleged...
Immigration busts prostitution syndicate, 89 arrested
The Malaysian Star
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July 11, 2025
PUTRAJAYA: Immigration Department raids on three Klang Valley locations on Wednesday (July 9) have led to 89 arrests, including locals, in a crackdown on a suspected prostitution syndicate. Immigration director-general Datuk Zakaria Shaaban said...